timber merchant

noun

A match-seller.

Meanings

nountimber merchant (plural timber merchants)

plural timber merchants

  1. obsoleteslangA match-seller.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see timber, merchant.
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APA

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Chicago

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